The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-11
STRUCTURE.

4 Description OF the New Washington
School.
For 8 longtime past, Weddings school
have been noted not only for their gen
eral excellence, but for the many conven
fences and advantages they possess
prominent among which are tho Buperl
echocl buildings. They .are-amons thu
finest in the State and it will be remem.
bered, the 1NTELLlGENCER in lis mammoth
industrial edition Of last fsll made a fea,
ture OF them, which they were eminently
deeerving OF.
The new building ordered erected il
Washington district by the Board CT Edu.
cation at its meeting last evening will be
something far ahead Of anything in the
State. In fact there will bs few, if any,
school buildings inthe countrythat will be
more complete, safe or better arranged in
every particular. The architect, Mr.. E. W.
Wells, otthis city, has prepared o novel
and beautiful plan-one that he hasr eason
to feel proud Of. 1t is something entirely
new, and the building, when erected, will
be one that will not only meet all the
wants OF the district for tyears to come,
but it will be a lasting ornament to that
part Of the oily and monument to the de.
signer and the liberality Of the city's
school system.
The Board in advertising for plans stip-
ulated that the building ehould front d.
rectly on the. etreet, and that it should
not be over two stories high in front. The
topography Of the lot ia such that the
building will necessarily have to be three
stories high in the rear. The idea in re.
stricting tho building to two stories was to
lessen the danger in case OF fire and to
obviate as far as possible, the injury to
young people resulting from the climbing
Of stairs. Sih :
The general plan Of the building is that
Of a square, cross with an open rotunda in
the center, which contains the atairways,
four in number, aud into which all the
rooms in the building open. The founda.
ton is to be built OF rock faced stone work
and the balance OF the building is to be- 81
the best etock brick laid in white mortar,
The front or east face, will have Ornament.
al pressed brick panels and terra Gotta
finals the center final, over the main en-.
trance, being an image OF a child holding
a torch. The roof Is 10 be an ornamental
one Of tin and slate with a tower the total
height from the ground to the top OF the
tower or belfry being l20 feet.
On the first floor there will be seven
large school rooms, one German or class
room, n apparatus room and the prin.
cipal's office. On the second floor there
will DO six large school rooms, one gram.
mar room and two class rooms. lii the
basement, or what will BIO the first floor
in the rear, there will be two large school
This gives q total of twenty-one
separate rooms. The capacity Of the old.
building and it's annex is but nineteen
rooms. Connected with each room are
ample cloak rooms that can be entered
only from the room to which they are
annexed, thereby preventing the theft Of
the children's clothing.
The principals Office, to the LEFT Of the
main entrance, is to be provided
with three glass doors that will y.
able one citing in that room to
watch all the entrances and exits
Of which there are five. In case Of fire
nil the children, on the lower. floor could
be out Of tho building before those on the
upper floor could reach the lower. From
the principals office can also be seen
nearly, all tho doors opening into the
several school rooms. AL doors open
outward. Narrow and long halls arc
avoided, and in the summer time when
the doors OF the.zoomB arc open the chill.
from one room cannot look into any
other room.
An important object that 10 attained in
this plan is that two full sides Of each
room in the building are exposed to light
and air, and the seating arrangement ia
inch that the light on each desk in the
building comes from tho rear and lett.
Tho two basement school rooms are en-.